Lines On Palms chords by Josh Pyke

Drop-D tuning DADGBE

VERSE:
Eb5       Eb5
sometimes I know I become
Eb5         Eb5        Absus2 Absus2
all that's weak in a man and weak in a boy    but

'Ab  'Eb/G   'Fm   'Eb
 I keep trying and I won't quit and
'Fm    'Eb   'Db 'Ab/C Bb Bb
 that must be worth some-thing more than a
          (-2/4 bar-)
Bb        Bb         Bb       Ab5  Absus2
strong man who be-lieves that there's nothing left to try for and

'Ab   'Eb/G 'Fm  'Eb
 I can be cold I know I know but a
'Fm    'Eb     'Db  'Ab/C
 woman is a warm breath on the back of your
Bb          Bb          Eb5 Eb5
neck and a warm belly pressed against yours__   and oh-hoh-

CHORUS:
Ab    Eb        Bb7sus4    Ab
hoh-oh we need to feel the sum of all our parts are
Ab    Eb         Bb7sus4    F7
more than what's laid out in lines upon our palms al-
Ab     Eb        Bb7sus4       F7 Ab Ab
though our hands are tied we move as though they are___  and

VERSE:
Eb5         Eb5
there's one house in ev-er-y town that
Eb5          Eb5       Absus2 Absus2(6)
ev-er-y-one fears and ev'ryone steers clear   and

'Ab   'Eb/G 'Fm    'Eb
 I don't wanna live like that I
'Fm  'Eb 'Db    'Ab/C   Bb Bb
 wanna live somewhere more like you  by the
Bb      Bb         Bb      Ab5 Absus2
sea where the cliffs keep sentry watching over me   and

'Ab    'Eb/G   'Fm   'Eb
 it can get rough out there I know but a
'Fm    'Eb     'Db   'Ab/C
 woman is a sail that re-mains un-furled so stay a-
Bb           Bb         Eb5 Eb5
head of the wind man or you won't catch her    and oh-hoh-

CHORUS-LONG:
Ab    Eb        Bb7sus4    Ab
hoh-oh we need to feel the sum of all our parts are
Ab    Eb         Bb7sus4    F7
more than what's laid out in lines upon our palms al-
Ab     Eb        Bb7sus4       F7   Ab    Ab
though our hands are tied we move as though they are un-til we're bound by
F      F Eb5 Eb5
 branching out

VERSE-SHORT:
Eb5       Eb5
sometimes I know where I am and
Eb5        Eb5         Absus2 Absus2(6)
what I'm doing and what things might be-come   but

'Ab     'Eb/G    'Fm   'Eb
 that always seems such a fleeting state for the re-
'Fm      'Eb  'Db    'Ab/C
 mainder of the time I feel that I am a
Bb          Bb
babe in the woods out for deliverance and

CODA:
Ab       Ab
I can be cold I know I know but a
F           F
woman is a warm breath on the back of your
Ab          'Bb*   'Bb7     Eb
neck and a warm belly pressed a-gainst yours__